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plunk  (plngk) also plonk (plngk, plngk)

v. plunked also plonked, plunk·ing also plonk·ing, plunks also plonks

v.tr.

1. To throw or place heavily or abruptly: plunked the money down on the counter.

2. To strum or pluck (a stringed instrument).

v.intr.

1. To drop or fall abruptly or heavily; plump: plunked onto the couch with a sigh of relief.

2. To emit a hollow twanging sound.

n.

1. Informal A heavy blow or stroke.

2. A short hollow twanging sound.

adv. Informal

1. With a short hollow thud.

2. Exactly; precisely: The dart landed plunk in the center of the target.

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[Imitative.]

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plunker n.

plunky adj.

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plunk [plʌŋk]

vb

1. (Music, other) to pluck (the strings) of (a banjo, harp, etc.) or (of such an instrument) to give forth a sound when plucked

2. (often foll by down) to drop or be dropped, esp heavily or suddenly

n

1. the act or sound of plunking

2. Informal a hard blow

interj

an exclamation imitative of the sound of something plunking

adv

Informal exactly; squarely plunk into his lap

[imitative]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	plunk - a hollow twanging sound sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them"
	2.	plunk - (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly plunker hitting, striking, hit - the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit" baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
Verb	1.	plunk - make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground clop, clump, clunk sound, go - make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'"
	2.	plunk - set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise; "He planked the money on the table"; "He planked himself into the sofa" plonk, plunk down, plump, plump down, flump, plank, plop place down, put down, set down - cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place; "set down your bags here"
	3.	plunk - drop steeply; "the stock market plunged" dive, plunge power-dive - make a power dive; "The airplane power-dived" nosedive - plunge nose first; drop with the nose or front first, of aircraft duck - submerge or plunge suddenly crash-dive - descend steeply and rapidly chute, parachute, jump - jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute come down, descend, go down, fall - move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" dump, plunge - fall abruptly; "It plunged to the bottom of the well"
	4.	plunk - pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin" pluck, pick draw, pull, force - cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled" twang - pluck (strings of an instrument); "He twanged his bow"
Adv.	1.	plunk - with a short hollow thud; "plop came the ball down to the corner of the green" plop colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

Translations

plunk [ˈplʌŋk] (US) vt (= plonk) → balancer sans ménagement
to plunk sth down → balancer qch
Melanie plunked her cosmetic case down on a chair → Melanie a balancé son vanity-case sur une chaise.
to plunk o.s. (= sit down heavily) → s'affaler

plunk down

vi (= sit down heavily) → s'affaler

plunk¹

vt banjo → zupfen